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G/SPS/N/CAN/587 
7 March 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Ag ency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide Cyprodinil in or on various food commodities (ICS Codes:  65.020, 
65.100, 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit (PMRL):  Cyprodinil 
(PMRL2012-03)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  6 and 5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-03 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue lim its (MRLs) for cyprodinil that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
170  Dried parsley leaves 60  Citrus oil 35  Fresh parsley leaves
1 
15  Herbs (Crop Subgroup 19A;  dried leaves, except parsley) 
10  Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (Crop Group 2)2 
3.0  Herbs (Crop Subgroup 19A;  fresh leaves) 1.8  Kiwifruit 1.2  Avocados, black sapotes, canistel s, mamey sapotes, mangoes, papayas, 
  sapodillas, star apples    
1.0  Tomato paste 0.75  Root vegetables, except sugar beet (Crop Subgroup 1B, except carrot  
  roots)
3 
0.7  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9)  G/SPS/N/CAN/587 
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  0.6  Lemon, lime 
0.45  Tomatillos, tomatoes 
1 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established 30 ppm MRL. 
2 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently esta blished 9.0 ppm MRL for turnip tops and extends 
to all food commodities in the crop subgroup. 
3 Carrots are excluded from this MRL action as a 0.75 ppm MRL is already established for the 
commodity. 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Gr oups webpage in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of H ealth Canada's website. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
The table below compares MRLs proposed fo r Cyprodinil in Canada with the few 
corresponding Codex MRLs.  Each commodity in this MRL action not listed below does 
not have a corresponding Codex MRL. 
Food Commodity  Canadian MRL (ppm)  Codex MRL (ppm) 
Tomato paste  1.0     0.5* Cucurbit vegetables  
(Crop Group 9)  0.7     0.2         (cucumber and summer squash) 
Tomatoes  0.45     0.5 
*In the absence of a specified MRL for a pro cessed commodity, the raw agricultural commodity 
(RAC) MRL applies (tomatoes). 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2012-03, posted:  28 February 2012 (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL documen t on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :     G/SPS/N/CAN/587 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date the measure is adopted. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  13 May 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2012-03/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-03/index-fra.php  
(French)